# YouTube Video ID Extractor by Matt tags: regex, strings ## Summary > Given a YouTube URL, extract the video ID and return it as a string. > Examples > youtubeId("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPEr1cArWRg") ➞ "XPEr1cArWRg" > youtubeId("https://youtu.be/BCDEDi5gDPo") ➞ "BCDEDi5gDPo" > youtubeId("https://youtube.com/watch?t=4m40s&v=vxP3bY-XxY4") ➞ "vxP3bY-XxY4" > Notes > All input are valid YouTube links. ## Instructions Given a YouTube URL, extract the video ID and return it as a string. ## Examples ``` youtubeId("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPEr1cArWRg") ➞ "XPEr1cArWRg" youtubeId("https://youtu.be/BCDEDi5gDPo") ➞ "BCDEDi5gDPo" youtubeId("https://youtube.com/watch?t=4m40s&v=vxP3bY-XxY4") ➞ "vxP3bY-XxY4" ``` ## Notes All input are valid YouTube links.